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Investigation focuses on doctor in drug deaths
The Medical Board of California has launched an investigation into a string of 16 fatal overdoses tied to powerful narcotics prescribed by a prominent Orange County physician. Dr. Van Vu, a pain management specialist in Huntington Beach, was featured in...
Tags: Trials, Morphine (drug), Los Angeles Times, General Practitioners, Boston Scientific Corporation
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Natural Perspectives: Coming to a beach near you
Technology constantly changes, often making our world safer, and making work simpler, faster, and easier. A new molecular technology is due to arrive in our area soon that will do all of that for us in terms of beach pollution. Last weekend, Vic and I...Tags: DNA, Science and Technology, Human Body, Genes and Chromosomes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Joe Surf: Breathe in that misty salt air for kids
Next time you're out there, straddling your board, waiting for the next set, take a long, deep breath.
Appreciate it.
On Aug. 6, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will hold its fourth annual Pipeline to a Cure gala at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach...Tags: Personal Service, Human Interest, Lungs and Airways, Cystic Fibrosis, Human Body
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Mailbag: Keep holidays safe in H.B.
As the holiday season approaches, it brings many festive occasions with friends and family. However, it also brings increased risks of being injured or killed in alcohol-related accidents on our roadways. Just a reminder: A DUI conviction can cost...Tags: Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Politics, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Building DNA an artsy way
Students grabbed wire and filled clear-plastic Petri dishes with tiny blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink beads.
Settling in at one of six brown lunch tables, science teacher Gloria Treece began explaining to the almost entirely female audience how...Tags: Human Interest, DNA, Science and Technology, Human Body, Genes and Chromosomes
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Customs and Border Protection officer charged in separate sexual assaults
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer from Fountain Valley was charged Monday with raping and sodomizing two women. Miguel Lerma, 31, was charged with one felony count of forcible rape, sodomy by force and forcible oral copulation of a woman in...Tags: Trials, Vehicles, Rape, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Prosecution
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Protesters target genetically modified food
Tribune reporterAbout 700 protesters gathered at Federal Plaza Saturday calling attention to the potential dangers of genetically modified food. The "March Against Monsanto" activists are part of dozens of protests taking place around the world today, targeting...Tags: Science and Technology, Activism, Politics, Biotechnology, Chicago Loop
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Anti-Monsanto protesters pack downtown Orlando
Protesters worried about genetically modified foods and plants took the streets in Orlando today as part of the global March Against Monsanto. About 800 people gathered with signs, pamphlets and speeches in front of Orlando City Hall this afternoon....
Tags: Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, Genetic Engineering
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Readers' travel tips
If you are taking your minor child on a vacation without your spouse, make sure you have a notarized letter from your spouse that specifically states you have permission to take the child to the specific destination during the specified dates....Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Travel, Allergies, Trips and Vacations
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Letters: Sexism and the Plan B debate
Re "A birth control double standard," Opinion, May 20 Bravo to Meg Waite Clayton's articulate Op-Ed regarding society's double standard for male and female sexuality, and the Obama administration's consequent restriction of access to emergency...
Tags: Birth Control, Science and Technology, Plan B (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Tylenol (drug)
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Five questions with … Dr. Eddy C. Agbo
Hundreds of thousands of people die of malaria every year, most of them in Africa. Dr. Eddy C. Agbo wants people to get diagnosed quickly and easily — right in their homes — so they can seek treatment. The barrier to quick and easy diagnoses...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Nigeria, Colleges and Universities, Malaria, Education
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Jay Rittenberg: Pharmacies getting crushed by supposed partners
As the owner of a 57-year-old family-run pharmacy in Miami Beach and engaged provider of health care, I want my community to know that our first priority is serving our patients. Our businesses, alongside 1,300 independent retail pharmacies in Florida,...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Accounting and Auditing, Miami Beach, Marketing, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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